Food apps

There was a time when folks used to always have a small notebook or a diary tucked away in their pocket wherever they went. It was vital to keep a note of all those important things like phone numbers and addresses and to write stuff down that you didn't want to forget. At home they might keep a scrapbook to paste in photos and the like or a travel log if they'd been on vacation. I wonder if anyone does that stuff anymore - especially when you can keep all that stuff and more on an app for your iPhone in your pocket. The curiously named aRoo is a new lifestyle app for iOS where you can ... More

One of the more annoying things about eating out at a restaurant is the time it takes between getting there and actually getting your meal. As Tom Petty once said, the waiting is the hardest part. Don't think you are alone though. Most restaurants could probably fit in an extra sitting if they could cut down the time between guests arriving and actually finishing their meal. It's not quite as inconvenient in the evening when diners have more time but if they only have an hour or so for lunch it can get a bit tight, to say the least. Many will simply opt for a take out and not even bother ... More

Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal-derived products with an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of sentient animals. Dietary vegans (or strict vegetarians) refrain from consuming all animal related products. This means meat, fish, chicken, eggs, dairy products and all other animal-derived substances. A trip to the supermarket however, often turns into a nightmare for vegans, because of the often confusing ingredient labeling on many of the items. Vegan Scanner lets you scan the item's barcode with your iOS or Android's camera and get ... More

The first thing you are going to notice about this fun new game for iOS6 and later is its beautifully stylized and very unique cartoon characters. And it's this uniqueness - evident all the way through the game - is what makes it so interesting. Supperhero is a deliberately lo-fi, turn-based game that uses simple strategic game play to raise an army of superheroes to defeat the villain - a smelly fridge and it's evil contents. In an interesting twist, the game gives users the opportunity to use calorie consumption to further their success and they must plan the best way to strategically ... More

One of the faster moving health trends over the last year or so has been the ascendence of the healthy vegetarian smoothie. I've lost count of the amount of refrigerators I've looked into recently that are filled with jam jars filled with different colored juices. Green Smoothies is a beautiful looking health and wellness application for iOS that features a great collection of healthy smoothie recipes put together by noted raw food chef and holistic wellness coach Laura Glucina. Green Smoothies is a very modern looking, slick and easy to use app that delivers all the facts and science to ... More

To me, the hardest thing about cooking dinner is actually coming up with the idea of what to eat in the first place. I have no problem with knocking something up in the kitchen but it is that touch of inspiration that's generally needed to stir me into action. That's why a food, recipe and cooking application like Recipe Kitchen is such a useful thing to have around. It's a beautiful looking app for iOS that offers over 100,000 searchable and easy to find recipes. Where this differs from many similar food apps is by providing a barcode scanner where you can scan the ingredients in your ... More

When Gvidi was released in Europe last year, this intelligent restaurant guide application for iOS garnered much critical acclaim and was nominated and even won some rather prestigious awards. Now that it has expanded to the US, this highly personalized guide for both iOS and Android, is set to be a major player in the food and drink and restaurant recommendation section of your app store. Gvidi uses advanced algorithm technology to find you a great place to eat by matching your favorite food criteria with the eating places around you. It strips away all the erroneous noise of the Internet ... More

Anyone in the food business will know that the restaurant industry is hardly booming these days. New restaurants and food outlets seem to come and go with a remarkable regularity and anything that make it easier to connect with customers has got to be applauded. One advance that has been made in the last couple of years though, has been the introduction of an online presence for the food industry and that's where this marketing application for mobiles could come in very handy. App4Food let's individual food businesses interact directly with their potential diners by producing a ... More

Fine Bottles is a social application for iOS that is made to benefit both the wine connoisseur as well as the wine maker and distributor. On the one hand it is a handy note-taker and journal for the wine lover to wax lyrical about the bottle of wine being consumed. For the wine maker there is the chance to connect with potential customers and offer special deals as well as offering more information on specific wines from all regions of the world. Fine Bottles is a native iPhone and web application for the fast creation of wine tasting notes. You can easily create notes and rate the ... More

While the world wine market is a little in the doldrums right now it has been suggested that the recent drought conditions in certain parts of the US will produce smaller and tastier grapes. According to the experts, this could lead to a potential great year for American winemakers as the intensity of flavor in the smaller grape is essential to make a better wine. But does it really matter where a wine is produced? Do you pay attention to the waiter when he tells you about the region (and sometimes the hillside when you come up against one of the more pretentious waiting staff) where ... More